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What Makes a Resilient Rural Community?

Richard Stayner was a member of a team of UNE and University of Western Australia researchers undertaking a three-year study, of social and economic aspects of resilience in rural communities. The study includes both theoretical development and field research in several Australian communities.

Completed in 2010.

Funded by: Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

Partners: University of Western Australia

Contact: Richard Stayner

The University of New England respects and acknowledges that its people, courses and facilities are built on land, and surrounded by a sense of belonging, both ancient and contemporary, of the world's oldest living culture. In doing so, UNE values and respects Indigenous knowledge systems as a vital part of the knowledge capital of Australia. We recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of the Aboriginal community and pay our respects to the Elders past, present and future.